U2War

Label:

Island Records – 7 90067-1

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo , Specialty Pressing, Black Labels, Song titles centered

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Rock & Roll

Tracklist

A1 Sunday Bloody Sunday
Electric ViolinSteve Wickham
4:38
A2 Seconds
VocalsThe Edge
3:09
A3 New Year's Day 5:38
A4 Like A Song… 4:48
A5 Drowning Man
Electric ViolinSteve Wickham
4:12
B1 The Refugee
Mixed BySteve*
ProducerBill Whelan
3:40
B2 Two Hearts Beat As One 4:00
B3 Red Light
Backing VocalsTaryn Hagey
3:46
B4 Surrender
Backing VocalsTaryn Hagey
5:34
B5 "40" 2:36

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed BySpecialty Records Corporation

Credits

  • BassAdam Clayton
  • DesignRX*
  • Drums, PercussionLarry Mullen Jr*
  • EngineerPaul Thomas
  • Engineer [Assistant]Kevin Killen
  • Guitar, Piano, Lap Steel GuitarThe Edge
  • ManagementPaul McGuinness (2)
  • Mastered ByPhil Brown
  • Photography By [Band Photo]Anton Corbijn
  • Photography By [Boy Photo]Ian Finlay (2)
  • ProducerSteve Lillywhite (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B5)
  • TrumpetKenny Fradley*
  • Vocals, GuitarBono
  • Written-ByU2

Notes

Label variation: Song titles are centered. Justified version: U2 - War.

Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland
Mastered at Warner Bros Recording Studio L.A,

Specialty Records Corporation pressing plant noted by EAST embossed around the center hole on side B, "SP" printed at the end of the matrix number on the center labels (both sides) and the SRC logo stamped into the runout.

The "E A S T" embossing around the spindle hole can be faint or only contain partial letters, with usually the "T" being the most visible or
sometimes the only visible letter.

Gatefold cover.

Runout characters are etched except "SRC" is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Barcode: 0 7567-90067-1 4
  • Pressing Plant ID (in runouts): SRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): ST-IL-835155-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): ST-IL-835156-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): ST-IL- 835155-F
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): ST-IL- 835156 F
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): ST-IL- 835156 F-1 1-3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): ST-IL- 835155-F 1-1 SRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): ST-IL-835156-F 1-1 SRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): ST-IL- 835155-F 1-1 SRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): ST-IL-835156 F-1 1-3 SRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): ST-IL- 835155-F SRC
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): ST-IL-835156 F-1 1-3 SRC

Other Versions (5 of 455)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
War (LP, Album, Stereo, AR - Allied Pressing, Gatefold) Island Records 90067-1, 7 90067-1 US 1983
War (LP, Album, Gatefold - Version 3 ) Island Records L 37981, L-37981, ILPS 9733 Australia 1983
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War (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Island Records ILPS 9733 UK 1983
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War (LP, Album, Gatefold) Island Records ILPS 19733 Italy 1983
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War (Cassette, Album, Club Edition) Island Records A4-90067, 90067-4 US 1983

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  • epende's avatar
    epende
    This is a great album by any measure. The content is excellent. It is one of the few albums I think sounds better on CD than on vinyl though. My copy just doesn't have the clarity of the original CD release. Maybe they just did a poor job mastering to vinyl.

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